S. J. Simon

S. J. Simon (Seca Jascha Skidelsky; 1904–1948) was a British bridge player and comic writer, noted for his collaboration with Caryl Brahms.

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 * The Acol bidding system
 * Terence Reese and David Bird, Acol in the 90s, Robert Hale, 1990, page 7 of the paperback edition, ISBN 0 7090 5379 7


 * Since it is probable that any book flying a bullet in its title is going to produce a corpse sooner or later - here it is.
 * A Bullet in the Ballet, opening sentence.


 * The sun, heavy-eyed from lack of sleep, owing to the system of a staggered summer time, stumbled into the heavens, and with a heavy sigh set about its duties.
 * Envoy on Excursion


 * "Vot", asked George I courteously, "is the difference between a public nuisance and a public convenience?"
 * No Nightingales